That, below, is (upon information and belief) a picture of a 4 y/o girl duct taped to a chair at Little Learners of Florissant in Florrisant, Missouri (or so says the Missouri Department of Children and Family Services, which sent the picture to the girls' parents, Elysha Brooks and Christian Evans...).

The picture came to the attention of MO-DCFS after it was allegedly taken by and then posted to Snapchat by one of the girl's teachers.

According to mom (Elysha Brooks): "Received a call from a hotline and they sent me this pic of my baby. This incident supposedly happened in March and the daycare still fail to inform us of the situation. Also failed to document a incident of a rock being lodged in my baby ear that almost damaged her eardrum.(the "eardrum incident" allegedly occurred before the duct tape incident, the child was taken to the doctor and a small rock was removed from her ear) I'm looking at a picture of my daughter duct-taped to a chair, and her facial expression, I can just imagine how she felt."

Says Elysha (who is pictured below with her daughter): "I won't be happy until that daycare is shut down, for one, and whoever did this to my child, whoever it is, either – it's not an either – she needs to be in jail... Seeing your child duck taped to a chair, seeing the anxiety, seeing how scared your kid is, knowing for one that you're not there to protect them and knowing for two that you have people around that would stoop to that level to hurt your child puts you in a crazy mind state."

The daycare center has not yet publicly responded to the allegations and no arrest has yet been made.

Memo to anyone caring for a child: Duct Tape may fix everything, but it's not to be used on unruly kids....

For 25+ years years Michael A. Haber, P.A. has been providing creative, effective and zealous advocacy and counsel in cases ranging from DUI to drug trafficking and from misdemeanors to first degree murder.

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